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I've always had an interest in sports across the board.

I write reviews of science books for the Boston Globe, so I like to give science books.

I'd like to put in a vote for the intrinsic fascination of science.

I would like people to appreciate science in the same way they appreciate the arts.

If you watch a game, it's fun. If you play it, it's recreation. If you work at it, it's golf.

Over the last 25 years, since a lot of science writing became accessible to layman, I've become quite a consumer of science. As a child, I wasn't streamed into science, and I regret that now.

Science in textbooks is not fun. But if you start doing science yourself, you will find delight.

We all have our notions of sport. If I'd wanted to make my living climbing mountains, I wouldn't have gone into publishing. Most of the time, you're sitting in a dark room reading a manuscript.

Science is like a love affair with nature; an elusive, tantalising mistress. It has all the turbulence, twists and turns of romantic love, but that's part of the game.

Sports is entertainment.